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Kola Onadipe Turns 98 Today.

Nathaniel Kolawole Onadipe (14 July 1922 – 4 December 1988), most commonly known as Kola Onadipe, was a Nigerian author best known for his children's books.

Kola Onadipe was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, Nigeria. He was born into a polygamous family and was the second son of his mother. Onadipe studied Law at the University of London in 1949 and later opened a law firm with his close friend Abraham Adesanya. He had fifteen children, seven boys and eight girls, to whom he dedicated his life and ensured they excelled in achieving acceptable academic status. He died at the age of sixty-six after he suffered a stroke on 4 December 1988. He was buried at his residential home in Ogbogbo, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria.

He was the Principal of Olu-Iwa College (one of the four major high schools in Ijebu-Ode in the late 1940s, the 1950s and early 1960s). He was a staunch disciplinarian and kept the school in top level academic and moral flavour. His popular expression was "You go" which meant that if he caught you being a truant, you will be expelled regardless of who your parents might be. He was well respected by the proprietor of the school, Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola.

Boys from all over Nigeria who were admitted to the college became great men under him and went to higher institutions of learning both at home and abroad to become greater leaders and professionals in life. They are too many to mention or list.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Onadipe

Life well spent

HBD

He really did well. His stories made me cry as a kid especially ''Sugar girl''

Great author.

nice . happy birthday sir
really enjoyed reading his books especially dt sugar girl dt ralia ppayed the lead role..
wish u more fruitful years ahead...AGE WIT GRACE SiR

Kola Onadipe, one of the best children's books author.

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this is super. Those were the days we had honest hard-working men that were CONTENT with the fruits of their labor. Not the ones that are looting billions of our collective wealth per year and are still not satisfied

So?

Something worth remembering

I just remembered when boys where learning to read that year. Mrs Adaka no go let person rest if you do mistake forget that book for house. Well I no see any sugar inside the book then ( because of Mrs Adaka of course), but sugar girl and Mrs Adaka helped me to learn to read perfectly!
Rip continua sir Kola!

He who had died has died! Of what use is all this post humous b'day?

Ralia the Sugar girl was my favourite

sugar girl, I read that book in primary 4, sweet book... happy birthday huh...do have a maximum amount of fun.

Lovely stories back then.... Exp The sugar girl

The adventures of Souza, The return of Shettima, Call me Michael (opened my mind as a child on the pains kids raised by their mean stepmothers go through) Halima must not die etc He wrote some of the books that spurred my childhood imaginations.

i really enjoyed those books way back...cheers sir...rest on

Sugar Girl....

I was flogged by my teacher when we couldn't raise money to buy that book. its a must buy

Not even remembrance of the day he died but marking the dead birthday..is this not craziness?

Ralia Ralia her mother called!
Keep resting sir

Wow he wrote ralia the sugar girl. A legend indeed.

I love Sugar Girl. Continue to R.I.P, Sir!

God bless my childhood... I'm feeling so nostalgic right now.

Sugar girl made the story book sweet but Ayawa the wicked old woman made it bitter

sugar girl ralia lol lol lol

this book always scares me

ralia went away with the bird

Ok

judetov2:
sugar girl, I read that book in primary 4, sweet book... happy birthday huh...do have a maximum amount of fun.

did you see post humous there at all? Well he can have fun in his grave.

paulolee:
nice . happy birthday ma..
really enjoyed reading his books especially dt sugar girl dt ralia ppayed the lead role..
wish u more fruitful years ahead...AGE WIT GRACE MA..

He is a MAN and he's dead please read well before commenting.

Very cool books

Sugar girl. Ralia and the old hag.

NewDelhi:
So?

........... remain with your phobia for education, but don’t discourage people who want to read and expand their world view.
Is that something that you can understand and process